Reports Report 4094e (Event 4094-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Steve C |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | A most unusual event. It's possible it could have been falling space debris - considering how slow it was going and how it broke apart. Never changing altitude about 15 deg above horizon when traveling southwest to northwest. Observed through a manually tracking C11 at 80x for at least 30 seconds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Twentynine Palms, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 8' 54.71'' N (34.148531°) |
| Longitude | 115° 56' 48.19'' W (-115.946719°) |
| Elevation | 551.203m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-10-11 01:20 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-10-11 08:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 270.2° |
| First azimuth | 228.99° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 299.33° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Gradual fragmentation when observed looking southwest, by the time it was northwest it had greatly fragmented and faded slightly. Observed through a C11 at 80x, bright orange and gold fragments leaving a ionization trail behind that. |